Fox & Chave Morris Tulip Silk Tie: best price for this artistic new silk tie, inspired by iconic English designer William Morris and now in the V&A

Blues are top in the new-season collections, the perfect tie to wear with everything from city suits to linen jackets. And being the work of British designer William Morris, making a sophisticated statement for an artistic man about town, so much the better.

Morris is the 19th century’s most celebrated designer, as well as being a poet, novelist and polymath. ‘Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful,’ he wrote—and here in Morris’s creative design, now in the collection of the V&A in London, and Fox & Chafe’s well-made pure silk tie, both use and beauty combine.

Tulip was created by Morris as a wallpaper frieze, combining flowering tulips with other flowers and foliage, on a pale ground. It creates a very handsome, versatile tie, printed on high quality silk and beautifully hand finished by Fox & Chave.

RRP £40 plus delivery. CCUK Members £23 including free UK mainland delivery.